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What significant legal work did Frederick help reestablish?

  • Magna Carta

  • Corpus Juris Civilis

  • Code of Justinian

  • Hammurabi's Code

Answer

The Corpus Juris Civilis, or "Body of Civil Law," was a significant legal work that Frederick I Barbarossa helped reestablish in the 12th century. This comprehensive collection of Roman law had been compiled by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century, but had fallen into disuse in the West.
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